The leader of the U.S. men's basketball team, Colangelo, quickly put the embarrassment behind him, although he is the team leader, but he is facing the biggest stars in the NBA, people want to ignore you, and ignore you if they don't want to ignore you, so Colangelo has long been used to this situation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Alright, let's get down to business." Colangelo coughed dryly and continued: "We are about to face the host Chinese team, and I personally wish you the Olympic championship in advance." However, since the opponent is the host, I still hope that you can be a little merciful, take care of the host's face, and don't let the host lose too ugly. In fact, I think in the first round of the group stage, we won 41 points in the first meeting with the Chinese team, and our attack was a little too heavy, and the strength of the opponent was very big with us, so there is no need for you to play so seriously. I think it's enough to win just 30 points, at least let the host lose less than in the group stage, and we want to thank the Chinese for their hospitality these days! ”

Everyone laughed, for this group of NBA stars, it makes no difference whether to win 30 points or win 40 points.

Colangelo went on to say to Shashewski: "I think the Olympic finals will be a lifelong memory for each and every one of our players, so we want every player to have a good experience of the Olympic finals, just like the NBA All-Star Game, and they can make a good memory." ”

Shashewski nodded, indicating that he understood what the other party meant.

There is an unspoken rule in the NBA All-Star Game, that is, every player selected needs to play, and every player must also score, if in the second half of the game, there is a player who does not score, then whether it is a teammate or an opponent, will help the player to score a two-point.

In this Olympic final, the U.S. team felt that there was no suspense about winning, so they also issued two indicators internally, the first is the same as the Chinese team, that is, every player must have the opportunity to play and experience the feeling of the Olympic final. And the other metric is that every player has to score, just like in an All-Star Game.

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In the cheers of the audience, the second round of the Sino-US men's basketball team finally kicked off.

"The players are already on the pitch and the game is about to begin, so let's start with a look at the starting line-ups for both sides. On the American side, as in the previous game, there were no changes, still Kobe, James, Kidd, Anthony and Howard. As for the Chinese team, it is Da Yao, UAE, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Liu Wei! Younas changed the formation again, and Zhang Guan, who started the first two games, did not appear in today's starting list! The narrator said with some surprise.

"From a physical point of view, Zhang Guan is definitely the best choice to deal with the American team. Among our perimeter players, apart from Zhang Guan, there is no second person who can compete with the kind of strong American guard. I think Zhang Guan didn't appear in the starting lineup today, probably because he failed to win the ninth gold medal yesterday, so it will take some time to adjust. The commentator spoke.

The commentator immediately glanced at the guest, signaling him not to open which pot to mention, and the guest immediately understood, and changed the topic as soon as the voice changed: "Let's review the records of the two sides, since 1984, the Chinese team has played against the United States team 5 times in the Olympic Games......"

There have been changes in the starting lineup of the Chinese team, but the American team has not cared about this, for them, everyone on the Chinese team is the same.

At the beginning of the game, the first few attacks of both sides played very smoothly, the pace was not fast, the intensity was not too large, the two sides each hit a few balls, and the game was tied at 13. This opening was similar to the first match between the two sides, and in the first game of the group stage, the scores of the two sides in the first quarter of the game were basically equal.

The two sides seem to have played back and forth, but in fact, the American team obviously did not try their best, and the Chinese team also maintained a good hand at the beginning, especially driven by the home atmosphere, and played hard.

On the VIP seat on the sidelines, President Xiaobu smiled, and he said: "It was a wonderful game, both sides played at a very good level. These young people remind me of when I was younger, and I have an urge to play! ”

"You're still young." The comrade who accompanied him said politely.

"Hehehe, thank you for the compliment!" President Bou continued: "The U.S. team hasn't won an Olympic basketball gold medal for eight years, so I'd like to be able to present the U.S. team with the award in person today. ”

In this game, the original award presenters have been decided, and it will be the president of FIBA who will present the award to the champion, so this request put forward by President Xiaobu is an unexpected event. If it were an ordinary foreign guest, he might not make such a request on an impromptu basis, but judging from President Xiaobu's face-saving, arrogant, and self-righteous character, his request is also in line with his character.

President Xiaobu's request will be a great challenge to the on-site security system, but there must be several sets of security plans to deal with various emergencies on this occasion, so that comrade will not worry about security at that time.

"If there is no problem on the FIBA side, we, as the organizers, are of course very honored that you personally present the award to the athletes." The comrade spoke.

"We at FIBA are also very honored." The president of the International Blue Federation, who was sitting not far away, said immediately.

Although President Xiaobu's approval rating in the United States has fallen to the bottom, he is still the most powerful president in the world. The President of the United States personally presented awards to the basketball game, which can also be seen as a form of support for the sport of basketball.

"Thank you very much." President Xiaobu breathed a sigh of relief, he could get his wish to present the award to the American team. But this is not the end, I just heard President Xiaobu say to the comrade: "I don't know if you are interested in awarding awards to the Chinese team?" ”

The interpreter translated President Xiaobu's words to the comrade, who had already understood them, and the translation was just a necessary form for the occasion. At this time, he looked like a humble gentleman, and there was no trace of turbulence in his expression, but he had already understood in his heart that President Xiaobu had proposed to present the award to the American team, and it turned out that the drunkard did not mean to drink!

Giving awards to athletes from their own countries sounds like nothing wrong with that. But don't forget, the identity of the award presenters is exquisite. Under normal circumstances, the person who presents the award to the champion must have a more honorable status or a higher rank than the person who awards the runner-up. For example, if a student holds a competition, the principal awards the champion, and the vice principal awards the runner-up, which is normal; But if the vice principal awards the champion, and the principal awards the runner-up, it is definitely inappropriate.

And in this situation, both sides are at the head of a country, and their identities are equal, if they are the guests of honor, they should be the guests of the gold medal awards, maybe President Xiaobu can walk in front as a guest, but if any of them presents the award to the runner-up, it is not equivalent to losing the value.

In the basketball battle between China and the United States, the strength of the American team occupies an absolute advantage, and President Xiaobu rushed to present the award to the American team, and he also wanted to pull that comrade into the water, obviously he was not at ease.

President Xiaobu has always been a very face-saving person, this time the US team did not win the first place in the gold medal list, which made President Xiaobu feel very faceless, his proud and arrogant western cowboy character, he has long wanted to get back on the field, so there is this scene. Xiaobu has already made a plan in his heart, if that comrade does not agree to personally present the award to the Chinese team, he will be equivalent to winning this battle, and it will be good to say when the time comes; And if that comrade agrees to present the award to the Chinese team, once the American team wins the game, when the two people with equal status, Xiaobu will award the gold medal, and that comrade will award the silver medal, doesn't it mean that China can only be inferior to the United States?

The strength of the U.S. team is far stronger than that of the Chinese team, but President Xiaobu is also thick-skinned and accustomed to hegemonism.

"Xiaobu, this is my army!" The comrade said secretly in his heart. He knows that it doesn't matter if it's just a simple sport, but if a leader-level figure goes up to present the award, then it will definitely be interpreted by some well-intentioned people with different meanings, especially those unfriendly foreign media, which will inevitably make a big fuss about this matter, and even set off a new round of hype.

If it was an Olympics held in another country, of course he could find another reason to shirk it, but now that the Olympics are held in his own country, this is tantamount to people coming to the door to call for the battle. The so-called loser does not lose the battle, at this time, there is absolutely no reason to retreat.

"Imperialism will not die! It's just a matter of talking all day long on weekdays, and if we hold an Olympics ourselves, they won't forget to make trouble for us! ”

That comrade looked at the athletes who were fighting the court, and he knew how difficult it was for the Chinese team to get to this point. With this historic breakthrough of the Olympic silver medal, this Chinese team also deserves to present the award itself.

"It is also an honor for me to be able to present awards to athletes from my country!" He said categorically.

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